my mental list of places one might find scientists, academics and similar nerds (minus computer, software, foss interests, because those are everywhere, sorry)
qoto.org
mathtod.online
fediscience.org
scicomm.xyz
@coldwave I'll have to check those out later at some point then. I greatly enjoy being around scientifically minded people.
others? one of you boosted a toot about a new science instance recently, but I cant find it again